quack

quack englannista suomeksi

1. puoskaroida

2. puoskari

3. vaakkua, kaakattaa

4. puoskari-

5. kaakatus

1. kvaak

2. vaakkua

3. puoskari

4. huijari

quack englanniksi

1. The sound made by a duck.

(ux)

2. To make a noise like a duck.

3. Of a bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.

(cot)

4. (senseid) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients (defdate)

5. 1662, ''Rump: or an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to Late Times, Vol. II'', by ‘the most Eminent Wits’

Tis hard to say, how much these Arse-wormes do urge us, We now need no Quack but these Jacks for to purge us, ...

6. (quote-book)

7. (RQ:Carlyle Past and Present)

8. (RQ:Gilbert and Sullivan Mikado)

9. 1981, ''(film)|S.O.B.'' (film):

''Polly'' (to security guard, referring to Dr. Feingarten): Are you going to let that shyster in there?

''Dr. Feingarten'': I could sue you, Polly. A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I'm a quack.

10. Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.

11. (RQ:John Ford Fancies)

12. Any doctor.

13. To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).

14. {{quote-book|en|year=1722|author=Daniel Defoe|chapter=A Journal of the Plague Year|location=London|publisher=E. Nutt|title=et al.|page=36|url=https://archive.org/details/b30518362/page/36/mode/1up

15. To make vain and loud pretensions.

(syn)

16. {{quote-text|en|year=1684|author=Samuel Butler|title=Hudibras|location=London|section=Part 3, Canto 1, p. 18|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30770.0001.001

17. Falsely presented as having medicinal powers.

18. (quote-journal)